"Simon Parkes" simon.parkes@ukonline.co.uk writes:

BUT, on reboot I got a Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs oon 08:07 :o(((

Are you sure you've got all the essential booting parts compiled in (eg ext2 filesystem support) rather than as a module? It can't load modules until the fs is up.

Anyway, if it's still broken at the weekend, bring it along...